Posted on 10/14/2020 11:42:32 AM PDT by bitt
On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm ET, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) will convene a virtual unclassified hearing entitled, “Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and ‘Infodemics’: Stopping the Spread Online.”
Conspiracy theories and misinformation narratives that prey on individuals’ fears and uncertainties continue to mar the online landscape. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, an economy in turmoil, and a tumultuous presidential campaign, there is ample terrain for malicious actors at home or malign foreign operatives and governments abroad to exploit such tensions by stoking chaos and dangerous, even life-threatening, untruths. Recent trends in the spread and reach of misleading or unfounded claims online have the unsettling potential to come to a head after Election Day – particularly if the certified outcome is unknown or contested in the ensuing days and weeks.
Although the seeds for many conspiracies and misinformation narratives – ranging from baseless QAnon posts, to dangerous coronavirus skepticism and denialism, to falsehoods about mail-in ballots – are often homegrown and amplified by American voices, the propaganda and covert influence machines of foreign adversaries have nonetheless repeated and amplified them in the service of strategic interests.
In the hearing, the Committee will examine:
the intersection of and divergences between different online conspiracy and misinformation narratives; the role of social media platforms in the proliferation and deceleration of such content; how foreign actors are taking advantage of misinformation circulating U.S. online communities; steps that the US government and private sector need to take in response; and the implications for our social and political discourse beyond Election Day 2020. WHO:
Dr. Joan Donovan, Research Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Ms. Nina Jankowicz, Disinformation Fellow, the Wilson Center
Ms. Cindy Otis, Vice President, Alethea Group
Ms. Melanie Smith, Head of Analysis, Graphika Inc.
WHAT: House Intelligence Committee Open Virtual Hearing: “Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories, and ‘Infodemics’: Stopping the Spread Online” WHEN: Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 1:30 pm ET WHERE: The Committee will livestream the hearing for the public and press here.
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GEEZ, CALL THEM! (202) 225-7690
Russia! Russia! Russia!
House Intelligence Committee
There is no such thing as “House Intelligence” when the Rats are in charge. Might be HICINO: House Intelligence Committee In Name Only.
The Gatekeepers hate losing control of the signal.
“Military Intelligence” mixed with old guys who haven’t figured out how to use google search.
It is unbelievable the morons we have running our country.
See tag. That is all.
Well, they're holding one now in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But that’s a good conspiracy, I guess.
LOL
This is laughable from the people who brought us mug-Russia.
"The computer was dropped off at a repair shop in Biden’s home state of Delaware in April 2019, according to the store’s owner."With evidence THAT incriminating on the laptop, why wouldn't you just crush it to smithereens and go buy a new one? Why take it to a repair shop? These criminals are idiots.
Any moment now leftists will be saying the computer shop owner violated his customer's trust, broke the law by looking at the contents of the computer, broke the law by making a backup copy, etc.
Somewhere, in the dark, dusty corners of my memory, I vaguely recall another computer or computer accessory belonging to Awad, Huma, I forget, having been found by someone who rented a house they owned.
The Awad computer was found behind a statue in a statuary recess in the Capitol.
Of course, there were the famous “Pumpkin Papers” of Whitaker Chambers many years ago.
Adam “Misinfirmation” Schiff is an expert.
And it was a RUSSIAN computer repair outfit :)
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No kidding!?
So Biden is passing state secrets to the Russkies vis the old “computer repair shop” gambit. IMPEACH!
Alex Jones once claimed that the big tech companies were going to deplatform InforWars. Another baseless conspiracy theory. ;)
No, the idea is that the RUSSIANS always help Trump. They must have hacked the Bidens or something. :)
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